Photography and Video

Shane has a 2014 Trashcan Mac Pro and he's having trouble using it with uploading his raw photo files. Would the new Mac Mini handle them, or should he bite the bullet and get the new cheesegrater this fall? Leo says that the new Mac Mini is a great computer and you can max it out for a great price. Leo also says that you'll likely slow down the computer when you use extra cores during rendering. So it's difficult to guage the specs.

Steven has a Canon 1D Mk. III and his backup Canon 1DX has lost its autofocus capabilities. Should he repair it for $1800 or buy a new one. Leo says that the 1DX is a pro-grade camera, and that makes it worth repairing. But if you have gear acquisition syndrome, you can certainly sell that camera on eBay and let someone else pay to repair it

Phil has noticed that Carbonite's backup fees keep going up, and they seem to be more focused on business plans lately. Leo says that business is where the real money is, but Carbonite is still doing consumer backup plans. But if Phil has several cloud-based hard drives, does he really need it? Leo says that's only something Phil can answer. But if Phil is a photographer, he really needs to back up his data using a 3-2-1 backup strategy. Three backups, on two different forms of media, one off-site.

Carol is a casting director and she's heading back east for a big project. She needs a way to take images and organize them into multiple categories. Leo says that almost all photo editing apps like Lightroom have tagging. Google Photos also works. You can use the Albums feature, which enables multiple albums with the same image in it. And anyone can share it. Leo says that Adobe Lightroom has cloud storage and sync to multiple computers. So that's an option. 

She also needs a mass texting and emailing option.